Officer or soldier shall use any reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures to another, upon pain, if an officer, of being put in arrest, if a soldier, confined, and of asking pardon of the party offended in the presence of his commandingofficer.

No officer or soldier shall send a challenge to another officer or soldier, to fight a duel, or accept a challenge if sent, upon pain, if a commissionedofficer, of being cashiered; if a non-commissioned officer or soldier, of suffering corporeal punishment; at the discretion of a court-martial.

Every officercommanding a regiment or corps may appoint for his own regiment or corps, courts martial, to consist of three commissionedofficers for the trial and punishment of offenses not capital, and decide upon their sentences.

Commissionedofficers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.

Commissionedofficersgenerally receive training as leadership and management generalists, in addition to training relating to their specific trade or function in the military.

Officers, non-commissioned officers, and junior ranks in almost every country of the world are segregated along the lines of the Prussian system of messing, where eating facilities, accommodation, and social facilities are kept separate to ensure relations between various ranks stay strictly professional.

A non-commissioned officer (sometimes noncommissioned officer), also known as an NCO or noncom, is a non-commissioned member of an armed force who has been given authority by a commissionedofficer.

Typically NCOs serve as administrative personnel, as advisors to the officer corps, and as both supervisors of, and advocates for, the lower-ranking enlisted personnel.

Warrant officers are often included in the SNCO category, but actually form a separate class of their own.

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A non-commissioned officer ("NCO") is an enlisted soldier or sailor who has been delegated leadership or command authority by a commissionedofficer.

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The gender-specific terms are policeman for a male police officer and policewoman for a female police officer.

Any officer or soldier, who shall behave himself with contempt or disrespect towards the General or Generals, or Commanders in chief of the Continental Forces, or shall speak false words, tending to his or their hurt or dishonour, shall be punished according to the nature of his offence, by the judgment of a general court-martial.

Any non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who shall desert, or without leave of his commandingofficer, absent himself from the troop or company to which he belongs, or from any detachment of the same, shall, upon being convicted thereof, be punished according to the nature of his offense, at the discretion of a general court-martial.

Whatsoever commissionedofficer shall be convicted before a general court-martial, of behaving in a scandalous, infamous manner, such as is unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, shall be discharged from the service.

Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall use any profane oath or execration, shall incur the penalties expressed in the foregoing article; and a commissionedofficer shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offense, one dollar, to be applied as in the preceding article.

Every officer who shall be convicted before a general court-marshal of having signed a false certificate relating to the absence of either officer or private soldier, or relative to his or their pay, shall be cashiered.

Any officer or soldier who shall, without urgent necessity, or without the leave of his superior officer, quit his guard, platoon, or division, shall be punished, according to the nature of his offense, by the sentence of a court-martial.

Whatsoever non-commissioned officer or soldier shall use any prophane oath or execration, shall incur the penalties expressed in the foregoing article; and if a commissionedofficer be thus guilty of prophane cursing or swearing, he shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offense, two-thirds of a dollar.

Any officer or soldier who shall behave himself with contempt or disrespect towards the general, or other commander in chief of the forces of the United States, or shall speak words tending to his hurt or dishonor, shall be punished according to the nature of his offense, by the judgment of a court-martial.

Every non-commissioned officer and soldier shall retire to his quarters or tent at the beating of the retreat; in default of which he shall be punished, according to the nature of his offense, by the commandingofficer.

Every officer who shall be convicted before a general court-martial or having signed a false certificate relating to the absence of either officer or private soldier or relative to his or their pay, shall be cashiered.

Any commissionedofficer who shall be found drunk on his guard, party, or other duty, shall be cashiered; any non-commissioned officer or soldier so offending shall suffer such corporeal punishment as shall be inflicted by the sentence of a court-martial.

Any commissionedofficer who shall be found sleeping on his post, or shall leave it before he shall be regularly relieved, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be inflicted by the sentence of a court-martial.

(c) A commissionedofficer, a warrant officer, or a civilian subject to this chapter or to trial thereunder may be ordered into arrest or confinement only by a commandingofficer to whose authority he is subject, by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or by another commissionedofficer.

Under similar regulations, rules may be prescribed with respect to the suspension of punishments authorized by regulations of the Secretary concerned, a commandingofficer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction or an officer of general or flag rank in command may delegate his powers under this article to a principal assistant.

The provisions of this chapter conferring jurisdiction upon courts- martial do not deprive military commissions, provost courts, or other military tribunals of concurrent jurisdiction with respect to offenders or offenses that by statute or by the law of war may be tried by military commissions, provost courts, or other military tribunals.

Officers that belong to categories in which licensure and/or certification is a part of their appointment standards, job performance responsibilities, and/or pay requirements are required to maintain those credentials.

Officers are encouraged to develop familiarity with the professional expectations required to progress toward career goals within or outside their current professional setting, by applying personal initiative to become familiar with programs that are of interest and by interacting with individuals who can provide programmatic insight.

That said, for commissionedofficers, retirement planning is the advanced planning necessary for completing a career with the PHS and the full understanding of what benefits, pay, and allowances will be available for the officer and his/her dependents upon retirement.

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An officer of a countrys armed services whose rank is confirmed by a government document (a commission).

In many countries, including the United States, commissionedofficers in the navy are those of the rank of ensign and above, and in the army and air force those of the rank of lieutenant and above.

 Commissionedofficers are contrasted with enlisted men and women, such as privates, corporals, and sergeants, or ordinary seamen and petty officers.

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B. Notwithstanding Commission Section 433.05 of this title relating to Registration Deadline a licensee shall obtain the fingerprints of an applicant for a registration or security officercommission prior to assigning the applicant to duty.

A. At least 15% of a licensee’s commissioned security officers at the main office and branch offices must submit to a commercially available means of drug screening, or be examined by a licensed physician each quarter and be declared in writing to show no trace of drug dependency or illegal drug use.

A private security officer who has been issued a security officercommission by the Commission shall carry it while on duty and going to and from the place of assignment and shall present it upon request by a peace officer or to an investigator employed by the Commission.

Good conduct variation Petty Officer Third Class insignia Petty Officer Third Class is the fourth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, just above Seaman and below Petty Officer Second Class, and is the lowest form of non-commissioned officer, equivalent to a Corporal in...

Chief Petty Officer is a noncommissioned officer or equivalent in many navies.

Awards must be based on actions and activities that have not been the basis for a prior Commissioned Corps award, except what has been previously honored may serve as part of the basis for a more senior subsequent ward that is based on significantly more actions and accomplishments over a longer period of time.

Commendation Medal (CM): The CM is awarded to an officer who has demonstrated a level of proficiency and dedication distinctly greater than that expected of an average commissionedofficer.

The award is made to commissionedofficers who have demonstrated a significant level of performance well above that normally expected, but at a somewhat lesser level than is required for the OUC.

A non-commissioned officer (sometimes noncommissioned officer), or NCO, is an enlisted member of an armed force who has been delegated leadership or command authority by a commissionedofficer.

Provides newly commissioned or appointed officers with professional knowledge and leadership education to prepare them for duty as a company grade officer in the Operating Forces, with particular emphasis on the duties, responsibilities and warfighting skills required of a rifle platoon commander.

Lineage society founded in 1921 with membership open to women who are of lineal descent from a commissionedofficer of one or more of the American wars between the years 1607 through 1865.

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Identify the role of the noncommissioned officer during the War of 1812.

Identify the role of the noncommissioned officer during World War I. The impact of the French and British military on the American NCO Corps.

The emergence of the color sergeant, who replaced the commissionedensign (officer) in carrying the flag, enhanced the role of the NCO in combat.

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Officers eligible for promotion to the O-3 (and to the O-4 in the Medical category) are eligible for an administrative promotion rather than a competitive promotion.

As an officer is promoted to a higher grade, the duties of the officer should be commensurate with the higher grade.

It is the responsibility of the officer's immediate supervisor to assure that the officer is in an appropriate billet which is consistent with program organizational guidelines, as well as meeting the career progression needs and objectives of the officer.